Alex Jacobsen

“Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge. My captivity concentrated all my faculties on a single point. They had previously been dispersed, now they clashed in a narrow space; and, as you know, the clash of clouds produces electricity, electricity produces lightning and lightning gives light.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“War eats the victors last.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

“To love is in part the attempt to become a creature worthy of love.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark

“But the ugliness of the world does not fade, and fear and grief are not made less by time. We are only made stronger. We can only float together on their tides, as otters do, hand in hand.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark